Oakland Athletics @ Seattle Mariners - March 29, 2025

Alright, folks! It’s time to get fired up because the Seattle Mariners are set to face off against their division rivals, the Oakland Athletics, at T-Mobile Park this Saturday. You can practically feel the electricity in the air as our boys prepare to defend home turf. Let me tell you – I’m rocking my lucky jersey tonight and ready for a showdown!

Both teams have split their first couple of games, so we’re in for a tightly contested battle. The Athletics will send Osvaldo Bido to the mound. He has yet to record a win or loss this season but comes in with a 4.5 ERA and strikes out around 7.8 batters per game. However, let’s not get ahead of ourselves; that ERA doesn’t scream dominance.

On the other side of the diamond, we’ve got Bryce Miller on the hill for our Mariners. He holds a solid record and is showing promise with a respectable ERA of just over 3.5 and nearly 9 strikeouts per game—now that’s what I like to see! With both pitchers still looking for that first W, it’ll be interesting to see who can impose their will early on.

As for batting averages, let’s break it down: The A’s are averaging about 3.9 runs and have been able to make contact with around 7.8 hits per game while sporting a batting average of .227. Meanwhile, our Mariners are putting together roughly 4.2 runs per game with just under 7.4 hits—a little higher than their opponents’ output—and they carry an on-base slugging percentage that reflects solid plate discipline.

Now, last time these two met? Well, let’s just say it was ugly—Seattle took a brutal loss against Oakland where they went down without scoring even once (talk about embarrassing!). But that was then; this is now! Home field advantage plays into this rivalry heavily and with our fans backing us up at T-Mobile Park—it’s going to be loud!

Considering how well Seattle tends to perform at home—especially following that bitter defeat—we should expect them to bounce back strong today. I’m confident we’re going to see some serious fireworks from our bats and excellent pitching from Miller who is coming off his best performance yet!

The betting line currently has us as favorites at -145 which reflects our team’s resilience after tough losses in recent matchups against Oakland—not too shabby if you ask me! Given both teams’ current form and stats aligning favorably towards Seattle today—I predict we’ll come out victorious here.

With total runs expected under 7.5 based on current trends across both teams’ performances—my gut tells me we’ll squeeze by with a close win here by keeping Oakland’s offense quiet while sealing the deal offensively when it counts most.

Go Mariners! Let’s do this right and bring home that W!